TalkTalk fined £750,000 for nuisance calls to customers

Dan Worth
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Firm intends to recover money from call centre operators involved

TalkTalk has been fined a whopping £750,000 for nuisance calls to potential customers. The incidents occurred in February and March 2011 when two call centre contractors used by TalkTalk - Teleperf...

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